Dimensions of value: Understanding the role and meaning of shell valuables in the Melanesian past and present

价值维度：了解贝壳贵重物品在美拉尼西亚过去和现在的作用和意义

• 批准号: FT140100504
• 负责人: A/Prof Katherine Szabo
• 金额: $ 55.65万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-01-06 至 2019-05-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT140100504
• 关键词: Dimensions; value; Understanding; role; meaning

Shell valuables are fundamentally important in many Melanesian societies, linking people to each other, the land and their ancestors. Although shell artefacts are frequent in Melanesian archaeological sites, presently it is not possible to discriminate between types and levels of value. Through ethnoarchaeological enquiry in the Solomon Islands and intensive studies of museum ethnographic collections, this project aims to develop tools to allow archaeologists to better interpret the nature of different shell artefacts and the social contexts of their production, use and discard. In doing so, it will enhance understandings of Melanesian societies and their transformations through time.

贝壳贵重物品在许多美拉尼西亚社会中至关重要，它将人们与彼此、土地和他们的祖先联系在一起。尽管贝壳制品在美拉尼西亚考古遗址中很常见，但目前还不可能区分类型和价值水平。通过对所罗门群岛的民族考古调查和对博物馆民族志收藏品的深入研究，该项目旨在开发工具，使考古学家能够更好地解释不同贝壳文物的性质及其生产、使用和丢弃的社会背景。通过这样做，它将增进对美拉尼西亚社会及其随时间变化的理解。